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The astral H.D. : occult and religious sources and contexts for H.D.'s poetry and prose
- Title
- The astral H.D. : occult and religious sources and contexts for H.D.'s poetry and prose / Matte Robinson.
- Author
- Robinson, Matte, 1976-
- Publication
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 193 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Modernist poet H.D. had many visionary and paranormal experiences throughout her life. Although Sigmund Freud worried that they might be 'symptoms, ' she rebelled, educating herself in the alternative world of the occult and spiritualism in order to transform the raw material into a mythical autobiography woven throughout her poetry, prose, and life-writing. The astral H.D. narrates the fascinating story of how she used the occult to transform herself, and provides surprising revelations about her friendships and conflicts with famous figures-such as Sigmund Freud and the Battle of Britain war hero Hugh Dowding-along the way"--
- Subjects
- H. D (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961
- LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General
- LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors
- H. D (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961 > Knowledge > Religion
- H. D (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961 > Criticism and interpretation
- United States
- Modernism (Literature) > United States
- Occultism in literature
- Okkultismus
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Religion
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: "A word one should avoid using" -- Initiations -- "No experiment, a reliving" -- The great work -- The revisionist visionary -- Lustra -- 1."Blasted into consciousness": Majic Ring, Trilogy, Amen, and the Air Marshall -- Against the grain -- The nameless initiates -- The large star -- One or two Zs -- 2. Dans l'ombre Des Cathedrales and Hermetic Definition: Other Bodies, Other Initiations -- Initiation: The astral plane -- Stars of day -- The Sun -- The other presence: "Grove of Academe" and "Aegina" -- 3."Don't let me forget this, when I wake up": The Luciferian Doctrine -- Preamble: Irreconcilable worlds and monstrous birth in twentieth-century literature -- The Luciferian Doctrine -- Baphomet and Lucifer -- Vale Ave: Doubles, semblables, angels, demons, error, and love -- The esoteric doctrine of love -- 4. Theurgy, Helens, and the Nameless-of-Many-Names -- The last page of "Sagesse" -- Birth of the Ruach Elohim -- Egregors -- Practical magic, self-analysis -- Black Helen, dark Achilles -- 5. Synthesis, Conclusions, Applications.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-1434
- ISBN
- 9781628924176
- 1628924179
- 9781501335839
- 1501335839
- LCCN
- 2015028337
- 40025727926
- OCLC
- 910412833
- Author
- Robinson, Matte, 1976- author.
- Title
- The astral H.D. : occult and religious sources and contexts for H.D.'s poetry and prose / Matte Robinson.
- Publisher
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40025727926
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-1434